Appeals Court Tosses $11M Spamhaus Judgement 134
Panaqqa writes "In a not unexpected move, the US 7th Circuit Court of Appeals threw out the $11 million awarded to e360 Insight and vacated a permanent injunction against Spamhaus requiring them to stop listing e360 Insight as a spammer. However, the ruling (PDF) does not set aside the default judgement, meaning that Spamhaus has still lost its opportunity to argue the case. The original judge could still impose a monetary judgement, after taking evidence from the spammer as to how much Spamhaus's block had cost them. This is unfortunate considering the legal leverage the recent ruling concerning spyware might have provided for Spamhaus."
So It's A Double Negative You Want, Eh? (Score:1, Funny)
Oh yeah? (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Oh yeah? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oh yeah? (Score:3, Funny)
So, the next logical step is (Score:3, Funny)
Would this be evil/wrong? (Score:2, Funny)
1) Send a massive spam campaign selling pharmaceuticals (viagra, weight loss, zoloft, hair regrowth, you name it)
2) When the orders come in, send out authentic-looking prescription medication, but instead of medicine the pills are made of fast-acting poison.
3) Thousands of people who are stupid enough to actually respond to spam, buy medication from spammers, and ingest said medication, are killed.
4) Massive media coverage of the event makes spamming seem "dangerous" to the average person, hence reducing response rates to future spam.
5) I make a tidy profit cleaning the gene pool.
So, where's the downside?
Wouldn't work. (Score:3, Funny)
Spam, I suspect, would fall under the category of "cheese".